Lot 27
  • 27

Pablo Picasso

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • Pablo Picasso
  • Taureau
  • Dated 6.2.57. (on the reverse)
  • Painted and partially glazed ceramic; tomette (floor tile)
  • 6 3/4 by 6 in.
  • 17.1 by 15.2 cm

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Marina Picasso (the artist’s granddaughter; acquired from the above)

Exhibited

New York, Jan Krugier Gallery, Tauromaquia, Works by Pablo Picasso, Photographs by L. Clergue, 1991, n.n.
Künzelsau, Museum Würth & Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum, Picasso, sein Dialog mit der Keramik—Werke aus der Sammlung Marina Picasso, 1999-2000, no. 40, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Le Feu et la terre, 2004-05, n.n.

Condition

The work is sound. There is some chipping to the edges and reverse of the tomette which are inherent in the nature of the found object. There is a loss to the pigment measuring 1/4 in. by 1/4 in. to the bull's chest (visible in the catalogue illustration). The work is in otherwise very good condition.
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